Permanent-marcel-wave apparatus



July 26,1927. 1 36,967

v E. PERRY PERMANENT MARCEL WAVE APPARATUS Filed May [13, 1926 Patented July 26, 1927.

ELSIE PERRY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

PERMANENT-MARCEIi-WAVE APPARATUS.

Application filed May 13, 1926.

My invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing the effect of what is commonly termed a Marcel wave.

The main object is to provide a method 5 and means of making such effect permanent least so that it will last for a long 1 laid Zig zag back and forth in waves. The

hair is secured tightly to the support by a tape or other suitable means and subjected to treatment by moisture and heat in any well known and. suitable manner to set the hair in the Wavy form.

Fig. 1 is a view of a single support showing the method of securing a strand of hair in place.

Fig. 2 illustrates the application of one of the supports and heating chambers. It is understood of course that the entire head of hair will be treated by a plurality of devices at the same time so as to produce a uniform effect.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of full size of one of the forms and heating chambers.

Each form or support preferably consists of a flat strip of metal 5 which maybe of aluminum for lightness.

The hair is divided into strands and a strand 6 is tied at 7 to one end of the form which may be slotted at 8 to facilitate tying. The strand is then laid back and forth in zig zag waves 9 on the support and secured tightly in place. One end of the tape 10 is secured to the form and the other end is wound round and round tightly to secure the hair in place. The strand is laid in the wavy form whichit is desired that it shall have and is secured flat-wise against the form and against the adjacent layers of tape as shown in Fig. 1.

lVhen the strand is entirely secured to the support. the outerend of the tape is then secured to the form as for instance to the tongue 11 and the two ends of the tape may then be brought together and tied at 12. To facilitate holding the tape 10 in place and prevent it from slipping the edges of the form or support 5 may be notched at 14.

The hair is preferably moistened with a suitable permanent waving solution before the strands are secured to the supports.

After the strands are secured to the sup- Serial No. 108,756.

ports in the wavy form desired they are wrapped with suitable absorbent material such as flannel soaked in a permanent wavmg solution. The protectors 16 and 17 are provided for each form to prevent injury to the scalp.

After the strands of hair are secured in place to the forms each form and the hair supported on it is enclosed in a chamber 18 which is adapted to be electrically heated in the manner in which such devices are commonly heated. Preferably the chamber is elongated in cross section as shown in Fig. 3, so as to conform generally to the shape of the cross section of the support and the hair mounted on it. After the heating chambers are all in place the heat is turned on for several minutes to effect the necessary' change in the hair. The chambers 18 are then allowed to cool for some little time and then removed. The hair is then Washed and dressed in the usual manner.

The result is the production of a manent Marcel wave where the hair lies instead of helically as it permanent waving lVhat I claim is:

1. Permanent Marcel waving apparatus comprising a flat support having notches along its opposite edges in combination with per- flat does in the ordinary process.

a tapetightly securing a strand of hair in vy form against the s pp 2. Permanent Marcel waving apparatus con'iprising a flat support of sheet metal or the like and a. tape for securing hairagainst the flat surface of said support in wavy form in combination with an enclosing heating chamber having elongated cross section.

8. A permanent Marcel waving apparatus comprising a flat sheet metal support notched along one or more edges in combination with a tape for securing the center of the loops of a strand of hair in wavy form against one surface of said support. I

1. The method of producing a permanent Marcel wave which comprises laying agroup of hairs in sinuous flat loops. compressing the center of each loop, moistening the hair, heating the moist hair while the loops are under compression and then allowing it to dry while still under pressure.

5. The method of producing a permanent Marcel wave which comprises dividing the hair into strands, moistening the strands with permanent Waving solution, laying each strand on one side of a, relatively flat form zig zag hack and forth from side to side, securing each strund'to its form, Wrapping each form and the hair secured thereto with absorbent material soaked in-pern'ianent Waving solution placing each form in a charm,- her, steaming the hair in the chamber and then allowing it to cool.

6. The method of effecting a permanent wave which comprises laying a strand of hair back undforth in sinuous loops on one surface of a support, securing the central part of each loop to the support and then treating the hair to set it.

ELSIE PER-RY. 

